Tigers of Bandhavgarh National Park

Quick answer: Bandhavgarh National Park, in Madhya Pradesh, India, is one of the best places on earth to see wild Bengal tigers.

Living beside the tigers

[Mohit's words on growing up next to the park and what the tigers mean to him.]

Can you see tigers at Bandhavgarh?

Bandhavgarh is one of India's best-known places to see wild Bengal tigers, but a sighting is never guaranteed.

Safaris run in the morning and evening. Our About the Park page covers the zones, the best time to go and how to get there.

How many tigers live in Bandhavgarh?

About 135 tigers were counted across the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in the 2022 census.

Where did the white tigers come from?

Bandhavgarh has a place in tiger history. In 1951 the Maharaja of Rewa, Martand Singh, captured an orphaned white tiger cub here and named him Mohan.

The Maharaja bred white tigers from Mohan, and white tigers in captivity today are his descendants.